Unboxing Daniella
Added 2024-09-10 14:00:02 +0000 UTCMy trusty 57” Westcott Zeppelin lamp illuminates Daniella Carter on a box.
It's a super easy and super efficient light. Although costly, it’s probably one of the best investments I’ve ever made in a light modifier.
How it emits light makes this (and other deep parabolic silver umbrellas) unique.
You can use the Zeppelin in two ways:
As an umbrella, you point the light from the motive side into the umbrella, which will reflect the light. You can vary the effect by changing the light source's distance (how far away it is from the center) and size, by adding a reflector to the light source.
The larger the reflector, the softer the light.Or, you can attach the lamp to the rear side and thus have the flash “stick out” at the center of the umbrella, like most other octoboxes or softboxes.
Depending on whether your lamp has a flat front like the standard Profoto B1 Monolight, for example, or a protruding flash tube (like professional flash lamps attached to a power pack), the effect will differ as the protruding flash tube will alter the light: more is emitted to the side.
The unique feature, however, occurs when using it this way, the second way, as it generally creates the most light along the side of the umbrella.
If I attach a diffuser to the front, the light output will be around a 1.5-2 f.stop difference, so it’s higher along the sides than in the middle.
Essentially, it functions a little bit like a ring light.
And that is the way I generally use it.
It creates a distinct, very “clean” light with subtle shadows, a combination I appreciate.
